A Library of useful contacts and sites for making stuff

Artists Suppliers

paints , inks , canvas , paper , mark making tools, pens, that sort of stuff

• Atlantis

  Whitechapel based art supplier

• A. P. Fitzpatrick

  Cambridge Heath Rd, supply a wide range of artists paints and materials

• Stuart . R . Stevenson

  Clerkenwell rd , supplier of artist's and gilding materials .

• Cass Art

  Islington, Soho , Kensington , Charing Cross , really good sales up to 85% off sometimes. Selection of portfolios

• Cornellissen

  By the British Museum , Artists Colourmen , pigments , bases

• A . Tiranti

  Warren st, Alec Tiranti Ltd is a leading UK manufacturer and supplier of Sculptors' Tools, Materials and Studio Equipment for Carving, Modelling, Mouldmaking

• London Graphic Centre

  stock a comprehensive range of fine art and graphics materials. Portfolios

• 4D Models Shop

  Whitechapel, Creative Materials Centre, one stop shop featuring the essential model making tools and materials for all your 3D Design

• Cowling and Wilcox

  Shoreditch, Soho , Camberwell , general artist suppliers

• Quality Colours

  Printers Inks , unit 13, Gemini Project, Landmann Way, London SE14 5RL. 020 7394 8775

• Brodie & Middleton

  Covent Garden , Theatrical , Scenic and artists supplies , a range of products that a traditional nineteenth century scenery painter would recognise, in addition to a complete and unique selection of modern materials.

• John Jones

  Museum quality frames. The best bespoke solutions for our clients we offering a creative approach to the presentation of artwork. With forty years experience, our traditional craft has evolved within the world of fine art and contemporary design

• Graphics, Presentation, Web design

  Fonts, Bookbinding, Publishing, Printing, Stationary, Graphics

  • Wyvern Bindery

    A small, professional team of bookbinders situated in Clerkenwell. We undertake a broad spectrum of work, making portfolios, boxes and books. We also bind theses and presentations as well as undertaking repairs.

  • Shepherds Bookbinders Ltd Fomerly Falkiner Fine Paper

    Central London supplier of hand bookbinding equipment, tools and materials. Suppliers of traditional and contemporary fine art paper, specialist Japanese paper

  • Arjo Wiggins Fine Papers

    Paper , loads of it.

  • City Seals

    Hackney. Manufacturers of Company Seals, Brass & Wax Seals, Sealing Wax, Paper embossers, Rubber Stamps & all types of Signs.

  • Abacus

    Cumbria. Specialist card printers

  • Evolve Paper

    Recycled Papers for businesses , inkjet paper etc

  • R F Osman

    Soho. 143 Wardour Street, London , W1F 8HQ. Tel: 020 7437 0862 , some nice old school papers , tags , envelopes , kind of pre-computer.

  • World of envelopes

    On-Line store . Coloured cello, commercial envelope printing, square padded jiffy bags, boxes, postal tubes, colored metallic bubble bags, CD, DVD things, and loads of envelopes

  • Longcombe Labels

    Devon. Loads of differant types of labels , Label Printing , Custom made. Tyvek , Metal , Paper, High temperature, high strength, weather and water resistance, security labelling/ticketing or metal detectability

  • Petrol Cards

    South Wales. Cards, Business Cards , Flyers, Catalogues , Brochures , Promotional stuff

  • London Screen Services

    For Silk Screens , Blackhorse Road, London SE8. 020 8694 9717

  • John Purcell Paper

    Paper, 15 Rumsey Rd, London SW9. 020 7737 5199

  • Mount Street Printers

    Great Printer with old press, Mayfair, 4 Mount Street, London W1K 3LW. 020 7409 0303 , inc , blocking , embossing , foils , litho.

  • Powder Arts

    St Albans . Specialists in thermographic inks , embossing powders

  • A Two Pipe Problem Letterpress

    Walthamstow , Letter Press printer Stephen Kennys' bespoke service

• Hand Tools, Tools , Machinery

  For wood , metals and plastics

  • Buck and Ryan

    Holborn and Selfridges ,Tool Specialists since 1824

  • H.S.Walsh

    Clerkenwell, Jewellers Tools

  • Lee Valley Tools

    Woodworkers Tools

  • Cecil W Tyzack

    Tool shop , Bottom of Kingsland Rd, Shoreditch 02077399422 329, London, EC1V 9LQ

  • Home and Workshop machinery

    Sidcup , Kent .These guys have taken over the smaller stock from the very great and now retired London Machinery. Engineering tools and machines , second hand , stakes , silversmithing and tinsmithing equipment , flypress , presses , drills , grinders

• Metals

  Metal suppliers, precious and non-precious 

  • Smiths Metal Centre

    Dalston. Aluminium, Brass, Bronze, Copper, Stainless Steel , Steel

  • Fays Metals

    unit 4 , 37 colville road acton w3 8bl , tel (020) 8993 8883, Ferrous and non-ferrous metals

  • Scientific Wire Company

    Wire ....enamelled copper wire, stranded and coloured wire, rectangular enamelled or nomex covered copper, bare / tinned / silver & gold plated copper wires, and a huge range of resistance wires. We also stock other types of wires.

  • Cooksons

    Clerkenwell. Manufacturer and supplier to the jewellery trade. Offering a choice of jewellery making supplies including jewellery findings, tools, wire and sheet gold, silver , platinum , argentium

  • Goodfellows Metals

    Cambridge. Supplies pure metals, rare metals, alloys, ceramics, polymers and composites as discs, sheets, foils, films, lump, powder, rods, wires, tubes, etc.

• Miscellaneous Materials

  Other shizzle

  • Wright-Cottrell

    London , Dental Supplies , wierd rubber bands , wire , plaster , masks

  • Maplin

    Tottenham Court rd . For your electrical and electronics needs

  • Diatherm

    Designer, manufacturer and supplier of unique dental instruments, tools and equipment for over one hundred years.

  • Manufactum

    German online shop for ultra well designed traditional stuff , great stationary and tools, true classics which have stood the test of time. They are made from materials of the highest quality, they function well and will outlive any trend or fashion.

  • Tokyu Hands

    Mad shit, loads of stationary, plastic stuff you never new you needed but once seen you can't do without. This is the online shop

  • Clerkenwell Screws

    Screws , Nuts , Bolts , Fasteners, Fixings - 109 Clerkenwell Road, Clerkenwell London EC1R 5BY +44 (0) 20 7405 1215

  • Arthur Beale

    Chandlers, Rope , Shackles , Bottle screws , Marine supplies, 194 Shaftesbury Avenue, Covent Garden London, WC2H 8JP , 020 7836 9034

  • Farlows

    Pall Mall, Hunting, Shooting, Fishing- Fishing tackle, feathers, yarns , fishing wire

  • J T Batchelor

    Islington/Dalston, 9-10 Culford Mews, London N1 4DZ Tel: +44 (0) 20 7254 2962- Leather Merchants & Wholesalers , saddle leather, tooling leathers, findings, leather tools, books

  • Alma Leather

    Off Brick Lane, inspirational and knowledgeable supplier of leather. Combining traditional expertise with cutting edge techniques,

  • London Bearings

    Gillingham, Kent. Bearings , Ball Bearings, Sprockets , Bike Chains , Belts, Pulleys, Roller Chains, Adhesives, Industrial Solvents , Oils and Grease

  • SCIN

    We source, advise, create and sell surfaces (finishes) and materials for every conceivable surface both inside and outside the building.

  • Kirby Glass / Rays Glass

    0207 729 4727 ,Bevelling , Cutting , Glass , friendly helpful place, 120 Hackney Rd ,E2 Next to the Joiners Pub

  • Chemglassware

    1A Cranmer Rd London E7 0JW 020 8534 2262 , bespoke accurate glass blowing

• Plastics, Rubber

  Hard and soft

  • Pentonville Rubber

    Islington, Neoprene , Latex , Rubber , Sheet , Tube , Rod, Foam , Foam stuffing / pellets

  • Hamar Acrylics

    Bethnal Green. Stockists and fabricators of Perspex, Acrylic Cast and extruded tube and rod . High tolerance acrylic sheet . Polycarbonate, Foamex, Diabond, Polypropylene.

  • GPS Agencies

    W. Sussex. Polyester Resins and other Synthetic materials manufactured to replicate natural products. Ivory , Bone, Tortoiseshell, Horn, Mother of Pearl, Wood etc.

  • Campbell Plastics

    Kettering , Northamptonshire. 01536516563 6 Robinson Close, KETTERING, NN16 8PU . Liquid Plastic Manufacturer.

• Wood

  Fine , Hard and Soft woods , composites

  • James Latham

    Purfleet , Hardwoods, softwoods, composite panels, laminates, veneered boards, flooring

  • William T Eden

    Barking , Essex . Panels , Veneered MDF (unfinished) Veneered MDF (pre-lacquered) Veneered Plywood, Real wood Veneer laminate , Masterflex, Real wood veneer

  • S L Hardwoods Ltd

    Quality hardwood suppliers in South London, also tools and finishing products. Situated near Croydon

  • KTS The Corner

    Dalston. Small local supplier , timber, MDF 415 Kingsland Road, London, E8 4AU 020 7249 3199

• Coatings and surface finishing specialists

  Powder coating , Sandblasting , Anodising , Etching , Laser marking

  • Plasticoat

    Grit blasting, powder coating and nylon coating.

  • Chempix

    Photoetching

  • Vitrum Signum

    Enamelling Kilns, Kiln furniture , Enamelling Supplies and tools, PNP paper ,

  • Dulux Decorator Centre

    Clerkenwell. Paints , Decorating and specialist wood finishes

  • C + S Nameplates

    design, manufacture and supply of: Anodised Aluminium Nameplates, Chemically Etched Stainless Steel Nameplates, Chemically Etched Brass Nameplates, Undersurface Printed Plastic Labels, Printed Vinyl and Foil Stickers.

  • Hard-Anodising

    Anodising, Electroless Nickel Plating, Hard Anodising, Sulphuric Acid Anodising, Coloured Anodising , Chromate Coating Colouring and Finishing

  • Badger Anodising

    Birmingham.Includes silver, brass, gold, red, violet, green, blue and black. All can be supplied in a matt or bright finish. We are also able to offer a "stainless steel look" finish to aluminium

• Chemicals - Gases, Liquids, Powders

  Acids , Patination

  • John Bell and Croyden

    Proper old fashioned chemists

  • BOC

    Oxygen, Propane , Butane , Aceteline , Torches , Equipment , Safety Equipment.

• Skills and Services - Metals

  where to go to get stuff done.....

  • Richard Fox

    Croyden, Skilled Electroformers and silversmiths

  • West One Casting

    Holborn , precious metal casting , 24 Hatton Garden , London EC1N 8QB , tel 0207831 0542

  • Hean Studios

    Casting of precious metals, with particular emphasis on high temperature materials in the platinum group of metals. Not just jewellery, and Objets D'Art, but also hi-tech specialist projects for non-jewellery applications.

  • Maybrey Reliance

    A big foundry , Charlton, London. Offers a complete service from casting to finished products, specialising in all aspects of Ferrous and non-Ferrous Sand, Die and Investment castings.

  • Weston Beamor

    Birmingham. Rapid prototyping . Precious metal casting

  • A and L Fabrications

    Dagenham, London. Sheet metal fabrication, laser cutting, shearing, cnc punching, bending, edm machining, welding, metal cutting, metal stamping, metal fabrication

  • Elliot and Fitzpatrick

    Hatton Garden. Polishing, Plating ( Silver , Gold , Rhodium ) , Silversmithing

  • F Sinclair

    23 Hatton Garden , EC1N 8QB tel 0207 404 3352 , Plating ( Gold , Black Rhodium , Rhodium )

  • Capital Lasers

    Laser profiling, laser welding, laser drilling and laser marking. All processes can be achieved on flat or three dimensional pre-formed components

  • LSJ - Laser Surgery Jewellery

    Hatton Garden. Laser Welders , 1st flr 25a Hatton garden EC1N 8DA tel 02074055208 also finishing , jewellery repairs .

• Skills and Sevices - CAD , 

  3D scanning , 3D Printing , Rapid Prototyping , 3 and 4 axis milling , 3D CAD to Metal  Sintering

  • Inition

    Shoreditch. Inition is a cutting-edge centre of 3D expertise and technology. We have an unrivalled knowledge and product portfolio of all things 3D. 3D scanning and printing , 3D animation , imaging , design

  • h3-D

    Hatton Garden. Expertise in CAD/CAM and Rapid Manufacturing to the UK jewellery industry

• Haberdashers

  beads, thread, ribbon, dye, tassels, pins, zips, etc

  • William Gee

    Dalston. Largest and leading wholesale stockist and distributor of all tailors’ and textile trimmings in the UK.

  • V V Rouleaux

    Marylebone, Sloane Sq. Ribbons, tie backs, tassels and trimmings , feathers , silk flowers, Bespoke Ribbon Embroidery/ Printing

  • Creative Bead Craft formerly Ells and Farrier

    Soho. Beads, sequins, trimmings, imitation pearls, diamante, jewellery components etc. Swarovski crystal.

  • The Bead Shop

    Covent Garden. We have two floors stocked with everything from Swarovski crystals to semi-precious beads and sterling silver findings, gemstones, pearls, glass, plastic and ceramic beads

  • Kleins

    Soho Haberdashers, 5 Noel St. 020 7437 6162.

  • MacCulloch & Wallis

    Off Oxford st ,round the corner from LCF, Dress trimmings & materials, haberdashery, sewing notions, couture linings, interlinings & interfacings

  • Buffys Beads

    Soho , 2.3 Kingly Court , London, W1B 5PW 0207494 2323 . Beads , threads and nylon elastic , precious metal findings, beading needless

• Film / Photography

  all of it , digital , celluloid , glass plate, cyanotype , ambrotype , tintype, daguerrotype.

  • ÜMİT & Son

    35 Lower Clapton Rd,Hackney, E5 (020 8985 1766) Mon-Sat 10am-8pm. Super 8 Buff , collectors’ projectors, cameras and films. Private screenings of old favourites,home delivery of cine film projector and screen. He can also transfer film stock to any media

  • Metro

    Clerkenwell. Photographic printing, Re-touching, Lab services, Processing, Minilab, Scanning, Proofing, Finishing .

  • Lomo

    Russian style analogue camera madness , on line community and shop , lomos ,celluloid 120 film , pinhole cameras , gallery etc

  • Jessops

    Islington, Tottenham Court rd, chain of photogrpahy shops, digital compact and SLR cameras, printers, scanners, accessories and paper

  • thedaglab.com

    USA. modern daguerreotype and wet-plate collodion studio

  • JBFC

    Hackney Bureau , for all video services shooting and editing for 360 delivery

• Trend Analysis

  Fashion Forecasting and Trend Analysis , Colour forecasting , Fashion  Blogs

  • Stylesight

    Stylesight is a team of seasoned and accomplished industry insiders whose extensive careers traverse the fields of fashion design, trend analysis, forecasting, reporting, merchandising and apparel manufacturing.

  • WGSN

    The world's leading fashion and style forecaster. Blog etc

  • Diane , a shaded view on fashion

    Diane Pernets' infamous blog

  • The Sartorialist

    Scott Schumans New York style blog

  • Style.com

    The online home of Vogue. Covering the world of fashion, designers,

  • Fashion Capital

    FashionCapital aims to provide a one-stop online support resource for all areas of the Clothing and Fashion industry. Established in 2001 FashionCapital has a wealth of expertise to provide all users a unique insight into the fashion industry

  • Colour Lovers

    Browse the hottest color palettes of the month and find out what color schemes people are in love with right now.

  • The David Report

    David Report offers cutting-edge critical thought in the intersection of design, culture and business ideas. An in-depth trend report, a blog which is updated on daily basis and a selected tip-offs.